home made tq and yoke

[davemuir]

Hi tony
were you working in Perth ? I work down at Edinburgh airport
so it's about an hours drive and your right the house prices are
high because of the universities ,
how long did you stay in Perth ?, I did all my b1 and b2 modules for my Caa engineers
License at scone airport in Perth (AST)
Cheers
dave

[manhattan]

Hi tony
were you working in Perth ? I work down at Edinburgh airport
so it's about an hours drive and your right the house prices are
high because of the universities ,
how long did you stay in Perth ?, I did all my b1 and b2 modules for my Caa engineers
License at scone airport in Perth (AST)
Cheers
dave

Hi Dave.

Not sure when you were at Scone, but I visited the place many times in the 70's. I also flew from Dundee's grass strip to AST and back using the Tay as a guide! I flew over my house in Faries Road Perth and nearly got caught for flying too low!
My wife is from Aberdeen, and we will be moving back soon. On investigation, it seems that one of the most desirable places is your neck of the woods. House prices are very good too!

Happy flying.

Tony, Plymouth UK

[davemuir]

Hi tony
I was studying at Perth about 3 years ago although i have been working on aircraft for the past 30 years i did it back to front i should have gone for my engineers license as soon as i came out of the airforce -i too started flying at Tay side aviation in Dundee although its not a grass strip at Dundee any more but there still is a grass strip at Perth ,I actually took off in a pa28 last year a wee bit bumpy and like you followed the Tay small world eh-
If you are up this way give me a call
cheers
dave

[Ashraf.qn]

I have another question. .. do I need to write a computer program if I want to build a fully motorized throttle quad speed break flaps parking break fuel cut offs .. trim wheels?

Thanx
Ashraf

[davemuir]

Hi Ashraf
you would have to motor the throttles if you wanted the the throttles to move on their own when auto throttle is selected ,
the speed brake and the trim wheels-
the parking brake and fuel cut offs would be micro switches -the flap , I used
a potentiometer
my tq has a potentiometer on the speed brake, throttles and flap lever
the parking brake has a micro switch at each end of travel and the fuel cut off
levers have 1 micro switch each when the fuel cut off is in the down position
the micro switch is made and fuel is cut off-
when the lever is raised the micro switch
opens and fuel is on- all through fsuipc in flight sim
Regards
dave

[Ashraf.qn]

Dave, u r the man!! I have another question .. which is better, refurbish an actual 737 TQ or build one from scratch . .. can we setup minor resistance to manual throttle increment at 25% and 75%. If so, how? what electronics do we use? Thanks Dave

Ashraf

[davemuir]

Hi ashraf
for the resistance in my tq I used 2 -
1 inch diameter empty 4 inch long plastic syringes that are connected to the bottom of my throttle handles with 2 welding rods about 1/8 th in diameter
the rods are cut to the right length to connect to the top of the syringes
the 2 syringes are positioned behind the front of lower tq so when you push and pull you get a very good hydraulic damping effect and you get bounce at the idle position
cheap and easy with regards to your question about using a real tq or home made I would say if you can get your hands on a real one go for that but if not
you get a lot of satisfaction making your own and it is easy to do

[muffyman]

Hi Dave I love your home built 737 yoke its awesome I would love to build would it be possible to get some advice cheers Ian

[davemuir]

hi ian
thanks for your message- just let me know what you would like to know and ill do my best to help you
regards
dave

[muffyman]

Thanks for replying Dave would you mind explaining how you took out the ch yoke electronics and adapted them to your 737 yoke build, I was curious if the wiring loom and wires were long enough to go up the yoke leg to the yoke or did you have to cut and re solder wires etc I don't have a problem with the build at present just the electronics cheers Ian